Alcaraz Iranzo, David (Date of defense: 2020-06-23)
Graphene is the first of the 2D-material family. It is formed by carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, which confers it intriguing physical properties that are still being discovered nowadays. ...
Prakash, Vindhiya (Date of defense: 2021-12-16)
This thesis describes experimental work to generate and characterise single photons and photon pairs, with frequency content suitable for controlled interaction with cold rubidium atoms. We describe a ...
Medina Pardell, Judith (Date of defense: 2021-11-30)
The invention of the laser triggered the study of light-matter interactions. In turn, the advent of artificial structured materials on micro- and nanometer scales has become a fruitful playground to ...
Moreno Mencía, David (Date of defense: 2021-11-22)
In the last decades, quantum materials have received much attention in the field of condensed matter physics due, in part, to their exotic properties. These are difficult to understand as they result ...
Gómez Kabelka, Pau (Date of defense: 2021-09-28)
In this work we demonstrate the first realization of a comagnetormeter in the ultracold regime. In comparison to regular magnetometers, which are designed to maximize their magnetic field sensitivity, ...
Özdemir, Onur (Date of defense: 2022-02-04)
In the infrared, photodetectors are the key components in a wide-variety of applications such as thermal imaging, remote sensing, spectroscopy with newer technologies added to the list such as LiDaR and ...
Martínez-Denegrí Sánchez, Guillermo (Date of defense: 2021-09-29)
The environmental issues associated with the use of conventional fuels necessitates the utilisation of renewable energy sources, as well as the implementation of energy efficient designs, in order to ...
Coello de Portugal - Martínez Vázquez, Jaime Maria (Date of defense: 2021-06-16)
In order to increase the performance of particle colliders, it is crucial to make the beam sizes at the collision points as small as possible. This causes an increase of the beam size in the region ...
Almeida, Jessica Oliveira de (Date of defense: 2022-07-28)
Quantum optics experiments are currently the most advanced techniques to under- stand, verify and simulate quantum phenomena. However, to access all the perfor- mance available in quantum states of ...
Padhye, Anuja Arun (Date of defense: 2020-06-04)
The ability to manipulate frequency of light, through parametric frequency conversion sources based on X(2) nonlinear materials, offers an effective route to spectral regions unapproachable by conventional ...